Country India District Belgaum Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) | State Karnataka Talukas Chikodi | |
Hattarwat is a village located in Chikodi taluka in the Belgaum District in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is also called the green valley of Chikodi.
Map of Hattarwat, Karnataka 591226
It is 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) above sea level. The village is very cool. It never faces a water problem in summer. The climate is cool even when nearby villages face a temperature of 32 °C. The founder of the village was Nasarullah Shah Wali-Allah Taalanahu. He worked hard to improve the basic infrastructure of Hattarwat.
During 1980 Saheb Hazarat Patel was the Chairman. He improved and modernized the village, and successfully implemented night schools for illiterates during the 1980s. In the year 1990 Sri Abasaheb Patel was elected Vice chairman of panchayat. He was a graduate student from Dharwad University. He is known as the builder of Hattarwat. He walked on the same path as his ancestors and devoted his life to the village. He converted Hattarwat into "Shining Hattarwat".
Though there are 4 different religions and number of branches of caste but still people in the village mingle and celebrate all the festivals. Unlike other villages there is no fights among the religions or castes. Hattarwat people celebrate Mahalakshmi festival once every 3 years.
Students like Prakash Hargapure,Mohammed Yunus, Iqbal, Manjoor Ilahi,Mallikarjun Hargapure, Samreen,Sayaadahmad,Arun kamate,Prashant mugali and Arun Kurali were born in Hattarwat. They are working, at present, in different public and private organizations and contributing to the nation.